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A map of which foods states are famous for. Indiana is popcorn according to them. That makes sense; Orville Redenbacher's is here in Indiana. They could also have gone with sugar cream pie or pork tenderloins.

WARNING: not actual fan fiction because there's no sex. (there's always sex in fan fiction right?) but it's fun. And a silly putty factory. (Spoiler: they never find the factory, tho.)

Sure, I can totally get behind all of this. Faberry forever.

Sady puts together a much more coherent argument than mine about why the tea party is to blame, rather than mental illness.

In fact, there is no balance—none whatsoever. Only one side has made the rhetoric of armed revolt against an oppressive tyranny the guiding spirit of its grassroots movement and its midterm campaign. Only one side routinely invokes the Second Amendment as a form of swagger and intimidation, not-so-coyly conflating rights with threats. Only one side’s activists bring guns to democratic political gatherings. Only one side has a popular national TV host who uses his platform to indoctrinate viewers in the conviction that the President is an alien, totalitarian menace to the country. Only one side fills the AM waves with rage and incendiary falsehoods. Only one side has an iconic leader, with a devoted grassroots following, who can’t stop using violent imagery and dividing her countrymen into us and them, real and fake. Any sentient American knows which side that is; to argue otherwise is disingenuous.

A round-up of the violent rhetoric from the tea party and the GOP during the 2010 campaign season.

This document creates a new subseries of RFCs, entitled, IETF Statements Of Boredom (SOBs). The SOB process is similar to that of the normal standards track. The SOB is submitted to the IAB, the IRSG, the IESG, the SOB Editor (Morpheus), and the Academie Francais for review, analysis, reproduction in triplicate, translation into ASN.1, and distribution to Internet insomniacs.

The answer to Scalia's recent comments about women not being protected by the Equal Protection Clause of 14th amendment: "There is no she, or her, or hers, in the tax laws," concluded (Susan B.) Anthony, blasting her opponents to smithereens. "The same is true of all the criminal laws."

Warlords finance their predations in part through the sale of mineral ore containing tantalum, tungsten, tin and gold. For example, tantalum from Congo is used to make electrical capacitors that go into phones, computers and gaming devices.

Chick-Fil-A is supporting Prop 8. Screw you guys, and your nuggets.

Just what it says – a tumblr blog of mean girls in the white house.

A thoughtful and thorough article on sweatpants. No kidding, really. I liked it, even. It made me want to buy more. Of course it's an autostraddle article, so you know; sweatpants are a thing.

"SUPERFOX is no dream, Sugar! SUPERFOX is that groovy dude who is the perfect match for your far-out personal style. He is your Main Squeezzzzzze! This is the man who will put a little more glide in your stride, and let you fall out to a happening in your sizzle pants with a few extra dips in your hips. Know where I'm coming from? I bet you do!"

Every bookstore should have a cat, damn it. What else are bookstores for? Well, yes, books, but still – cat residences!

Yeah, too many people really don't have a handle on this.

No. Because I said so. Don't make me come down there.

I have friends who've outline similar cooking styles – have a few core recipes where ingredients can be swapped in and out, depending on what you have in your refrigerator. We really need to adopt a system like this so we aren't always scrambling.

The guy gets a lot of things wrong, but tea isn't one of them.

I knew there was a reason I adore Omar Little.

2. Mamihlapinatapei – Yagan (indigenous language of Tierra del Fuego) – “the wordless, yet meaningful look shared by two people who both desire to initiate something but are both reluctant to start” – i.e, our first kiss.
17. L’appel du vide – French – “The call of the void” is this French expression’s literal translation, but more significantly it’s used to describe the instinctive urge to jump from high places. – wow: the word I was looking for in my new years post.

I'm so shocked by this I don't know what to say. You have got to be fucking kidding me.

The giant list of 2010 "Best of" Lists. Lots of fun stuff there.

Isn't the whole show one big gay moment? No? Okay, if you must break it down.

Holy crap. Read this. It's really excellent. I really hope this author has a day job writing fiction, because… wow.